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The St. Louis CAPS program is an opportunity for high school juniors and seniors to fast-forward beyond college and test-drive their future in high-skill and high demand career fields.
Students engage in a profession-based experience located outside the walls of a traditional high school classroom. The students learn directly from business and industry professionals in places such as hospitals, small business incubators, research labs, nonprofits, and college campuses.
Students complete projects directly from business partners and present their solutions to expert panels.
The St. Louis CAPS program emphasizes professional etiquette, communication, teamwork, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
Students begin to build their professional network while still in high school.
Grade: 11-12 Credit: 3.0 Practical Art Length: Year
Prerequisite: Application required.
Course Description: St. Louis CAPS global business and entrepreneurship students work on client projects directly from business and industry partners. They gain experience pitching solutions to business partners while also developing their own ideas for products and prototypes. Students gain hands-on experience with skills and topics such as professionalism, marketing, sales, finance, human relations, event planning and entrepreneurship. Students have the opportunity to build their professional network with business partners in areas such as fashion, marketing, sports & entertainment, hotels, restaurants, agriculture, legal services, real estate, investments and many more. Students conduct site visits on a frequent basis to a variety of businesses to learn directly from professionals
Grade: 12 Credit: 3.0 Practical Art Length: Year
Prerequisite: None, however, participation in PLTW Biomedical courses recommended, Application required.
Course Description: For students in the St. Louis CAPS medicine, health care, and bioscience course, learning happens on a daily basis while being immersed in a local medical center and other career related facilities. Students learn directly from medical experts and practicing professionals. Students, alongside some of the region’s most experienced medical professionals, will advance their understanding of human physiology, disease process, medical terminology, patient care, plant science, lab techniques, professionalism, ethics, and career exploration. Expert guest speakers provide instruction in the medical specialties of anesthesia, cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, nephrology, internal medicine, family practice, general surgery, bioscience research, and more. Students will have unique experiences during operating room observations and site visits to the leading health care and higher education facilities. There are also a variety of hands-on activities such as laboratory dissections, mannequin simulations, mass casualty drills, case studies, and Grand Rounds presentations to medical experts.
Grade: 11-12 Credit: 3.0 Practical Art Length: Year
Prerequisite: Application required.
Course Description: The St. Louis CAPS Engineering & Technology Design and Development course strand will immerse students into the current problem-solving approaches, project management systems, and technology platforms utilized by professionals in a dynamic, business-like setting. Students will develop their skills and apply their learning through scalable projects that require students to work in multidisciplinary collaborative teams to develop solutions to complex problems and communicate results with each other and, when applicable, business & industry partners. The course is designed for students who are interested in careers in engineering, robotics, manufacturing fundamentals, entrepreneurship, innovation, software development (coding), information technology, and cybersecurity. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate with students from our partner high schools, build a network of professional mentors, gain invaluable experiences through site visits to local businesses, and develop a professional portfolio that illustrates their creative talent.